Influence of Transformational Leadership and Organizational Support on Employees Creativity

Abstract

The role of transformational leadership and organizational support in achieving employee’s creativity has gained much attention in research and practice. However, previous studies did not indicate any influence of transformational leadership over employees’ creativity when they have organizational support in Pakistan telecommunication sector. This study considered organizational support and four dimensions of transformational leadership include idealized influence, inspirational motivation, intellectual stimulation, individual consideration and it was found that the combined effect of these dimensions influences employee’s creativity. The sample size of the study was 260. In this quantitative research survey was designed to gather data from respondents. Transformational leadership theory and organizational support theory is well supported by this study. SPSS was used to analyze the data. The results gained by conducting this study confirm the findings of earlier studies which illustrate the significant relationship among transformational leadership, organizational support and employee’s creativity. Findings of this study provide avers for leadership practice, especially both for leaders and their followers to interact with each other.